The Institute of Public Finance (IPF) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are organizing the conference Public Sector Economics 2019 – Wealth and property taxation: where do we stand? on 24 October 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. The goal of the conference is to provide a state-of-the-art assessment of the profession’s thinking on the potentials and limitations […]
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Infrastructure Investment in the Western Balkans: A First Analysis
wiiw has recently published a joint publication with the European Investment Bank. The study provides a first analysis of the recent development in infrastructure investment in the Western Balkans. It identifies infrastructure gaps as well as key infrastructure initiatives in the region, outlines the political dimension and provides the respective detailed infrastructure investment data as […]
Read More82nd OeNB East Jour Fixe on vulnerabilities and opportunities
The 82nd East Jour Fixe of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) will address the following issues in three sessions. Session 1 will focus on public sector debt and sustainability considerations in CESEE. A particular focus will be on the structure of public debt in the region and on the role fiscal rules play. Session 2 will […]
Read MoreWestern Balkans Labour Market Trends 2018
Country flyers for the Western Balkans based on the recent Western Balkan Labor Market Trends 2018 report are now online. The flyers present a short description of recent trends and feature key labor market indicators based on the harmonized data prepared in the context of the SEE Jobs Gateway. The data can be obtained online […]
Read MoreIJF Public Sector Economics 2018 Call for Papers
The Institute of Public Finance (IJF) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) are organising a research and policy conference on Public Sector Economics 2018 – Fiscal Openness: Transparency, Participation and Accountability in Fiscal Policies (October 26, 2018; Zagreb, Croatia). The abstract submission deadline is May 15, 2018 to PSE2018@ijf.hr For more information please follow the […]
Read MoreWorld Bank and wiiw Western Balkans labour market database
The World Bank and wiiw launched the first-ever database to provide easily-accessible regional labour market data for the Western Balkans, together with a report on recent trends. For more information please follow the wiiw link.
Read MoreOlga Radzyner Award 2017
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) has a long tradition of supporting science and academic research. In this spirit, the OeNB has introduced the Olga Radzyner Award, which is bestowed on excellent young economists from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in commemoration of Olga Radzyner, former Head of the OeNB’s Foreign Research Division. This year, the award […]
Read MoreHanžeković Prize 2017
The Prof. Dr. Marijan Hanžeković Trust announces its competition for the award of the annual prize for 2017. Papers must be submitted by June 1, 2017 at the latest. The papers must be accompanied by an application form. All the entrants have to satisfy the terms of the competition. Croatian and foreign nationals have the […]
Read MoreGDN – SEE The Seventh Phase Papers
The papers of the GDN SEE project’s seventh phase are now available online at the wiiw Balkan Observatory website. wiiw economists and research teams from the SEE region have been analysing the reasons for the lagging behind of Southeast Europe under the broad theoretical approach that can be characterised as that of the Austrian theory […]
Read MoreBPIAS & AUBG 2016 Summer School
The Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Study (BPIAS) and the AUBG Business Club are organising their 2016 Summer School in Economics on ‘Innovation, New Trade, and New Growth’, directed by Philippe Aghion, Harvard University. The event will take place August 15 – 20, 2016, in Oriahovitza, Bulgaria. For more information please follow the BPIAS link.
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